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'''Plant-based digital data storage''' is a futuristic view that proposes storing digital data in plants and seeds.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3406604/A-living-library-water-Plan-store-data-DNA-plants-world-s-archives-secured-box-SEEDS.html Dailymail UK]</ref><ref name="Ferrari">Ferrari, M., C’è un computer in quel faggio, Focus, Aprile 2016, pp. 21–24.</ref><ref name="Oneill">O'Neill, S., I plant memories in seeds, New Scientist, Volume 229, Issue 3056, 16 January 2016, {{doi|10.1016/S0262-4079(16)30130-0}}</ref> The first practical implication showed the possibility of using plants as storage media for digital data. New approaches for data archiving are required

== Introduction ==

Plant-based digital data storage is a futuristic view that proposes storing digital data in plants and seeds.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3406604/A-living-library-water-Plan-store-data-DNA-plants-world-s-archives-secured-box-SEEDS.html Dailymail UK]</ref><ref name="Ferrari">Ferrari, M., C’è un computer in quel faggio, Focus, Aprile 2016, pp. 21–24.</ref><ref name="Oneill">O'Neill, S., I plant memories in seeds, New Scientist, Volume 229, Issue 3056, 16 January 2016, {{doi|10.1016/S0262-4079(16)30130-0}}</ref> The first practical implication showed the possibility of using plants as storage media for digital data. New approaches for data archiving are required

due to the constant increase in digital data production and the lack of a capacitive, low maintenance storage medium.